Knoxville Challenger 2011

Knoxville Challenger 2011
date	11/6/2011 - 11/13/2011
Edition	8th
navigation	2010  ◄  2011  ►  2012
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Knoxville (Tennessee) United States
Tournament number	363
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 50,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Kei Nishikori
Last year's winner (double)	Rik De Voest Izak van der Merwe
Winner (singles)	Jesse Levine
Winner (doubles)	Steve Johnson Austin Krajicek
Tournament director	Adam Brock
Tournament supervisor	Michael Loo
Last direct assumption	Érik Chvojka (268)
As of December 13, 2012

The 2011 Knoxville Challenger was a tennis tournament held November 6-13, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee . As part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2011, it was the eighth edition of the tournament and was played indoors on a hard court.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. In the run-up, there was a qualifying round for the individual tournament, in which four starting places were awarded from 16 participants. As in the previous year, the prize money for the event totaled 50,000 euros.

The winner of the individual competition was US American Jesse Levine , who was unable to qualify due to a special exempt decision by the tournament management due to his participation in the final in the 2011 Virginia National Bank Men's Pro Championship in Charlottesville, which will take place right before the Knoxville Challenger . He won the all-American final against qualifier Brian Baker in straight sets. It was Levine's fourth single title at the Challenger level and his first title of the season. Last year's winner Kei Nishikori did not defend the title this year.

The double competition won the wildcard owners Steve Johnson and Austin Krajicek from the USA. In the final they defeated the unset pairing consisting of Adam Hubble and Frederik Nielsen in a match tie-break . The defending champions Rik De Voest and Izak van der Merwe from South Africa failed in the quarter-finals due to the eventual tournament winners. It was the first double title of their careers for both of them on the ATP Challenger Tour.

In the run-up to the doubles competition, Harri Heliövaara and Denys Moltschanow , who were placed fourth, were excluded from participation. The reason for this was the previous disqualification of Moltschanow in his first round match in individual, in which he hit a ball boy with his bat.

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Michael Russell Quarter finals 02.  Bobby Reynolds 1 round 03.  Rik De Voest Round of 16 04th  Izak van der Merwe Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Vasek Pospisil Quarter finals 06th  Uladsimir Ihnazik Quarter finals 07th  Michael Yani Round of 16 08th.  Greg Jones 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Russell

7th

6th

R. Klaasen

6 3

2

1

M. Russell

6th

7th

Q

S. Johnson

6 4

6th

7th

Q

S. Johnson

4th

5

C. Guccione

7th

4th

5

1

M. Russell

6th

1

4th

OLD

J. Baker

6th

3

OLD

J. Baker

3

6th

6th

D. Molchanov

3

1

d

OLD

J. Baker

6th

6 4

7th

WC

T. Sandgren

4th

2

7th

M. Yani

4th

7th

6 4

7th

M. Yani

6th

6th

OLD

J. Baker

1

7th

4th

4th

I. van der Merwe

6th

7th

Q

B. Baker

6th

5

6th

V. Estrella

3

6 5

4th

I. van der Merwe

2

3

D. Mazukevich

2

2

Q

B. Baker

6th

6th

Q

B. Baker

6th

6th

Q

B. Baker

4th

6th

7th

WC

D. Kudla

6 2

0

6th

U. Ihnazik

6th

3

6 6

V. Millot

7th

6th

V. Millot

2

6 8

Q

D. Kutrowski

4th

6 6

6th

U. Ihnazik

6th

7th

6th

U. Ihnazik

6th

7th

Q

B. Baker

2

3

5

V. Pospisil

4th

6th

6th

SE

J. Levine

6th

6th

WC

R. Williams

6th

1

4th

5

V. Pospisil

6th

6th

F. Nielsen

6th

7th

F. Nielsen

1

2

R. Borvanov

3

6 5

5

V. Pospisil

5

4th

A. Kuznetsov

7th

6 3

5

SE

J. Levine

7th

6th

SE

J. Levine

6 6

7th

7th

SE

J. Levine

6th

6th

É. Chvojka

6th

6th

É. Chvojka

0

2

3

R. De Voest

6th

6th

SE

J. Levine

7th

6th

8th

G. Jones

7th

4th

3

Q

M. Bašić

6 3

3

H. Heliövaara

5

6th

6th

H. Heliövaara

7th

7th

F. Wolmarans

4th

6 4

OLD

P.-L. Duclos

6 3

6 7

OLD

P.-L. Duclos

6th

7th

H. Heliövaara

3

4th

A. Delic

7th

5

6th

Q

M. Bašić

6th

6th

WC

J.-P. Smith

5

7th

3

A. Delic

6th

3

2

Q

M. Bašić

6th

6th

Q

M. Bašić

3

6th

6th

2

B. Reynolds

3

3

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström   Quarter finals 02.  John Paul Fruttero Raven Klaasen   Semifinals 03.  Rik De Voest Izak van der Merwe   Quarter finals 04th  Harri Heliövaara Denys Moltschanow   disqualification

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Emmrich A. Siljeström

7th

6th

U. Ihnazik D. Mazukewitsch

6 4

3

1

M. Emmrich A. Siljeström

3

7th

[9]

A. Hubble F. Nielsen

7th

7th

A. Hubble F. Nielsen

6th

5

[11]

Q

D. Britton D. Kudla

5

5

WC

A. Hubble F. Nielsen

6th

6th

LL

R. Borvanov N. Roshan

5

3

C.-p. Hsieh H.-h. lee

2

3

P.-L. Duclos G. Jones

7th

6th

P.-L. Duclos G. Jones

4th

6th

[7]

A. Kuznetsov B. Reynolds

5

3

C.-p. Hsieh H.-h. lee

6th

3

[10]

C.-p. Hsieh H.-h. lee

7th

6th

A. Hubble F. Nielsen

6th

4th

[11]

WC

S. Johnson A. Krajicek

6th

6th

WC

S. Johnson A. Krajicek

3

6th

[13]

WC

B. Rogers J.-P. Smith

3

4th

WC

S. Johnson A. Krajicek

´7

7th

N. Monroe M. Yani

5

4th

3

R. De Voest I. van der Merwe

6 2

5

3

R. De Voest I. van der Merwe

7th

6th

S. Johnson A. Krajicek

6th

6th

A. Delic C. Guccione

4th

6 6

2

JP Fruttero R. Klaasen

1

0

WC

T. Sandgren R. Williams

6th

7th

WC

T. Sandgren R. Williams

5

4th

D. Inglot J. Levine

2

4th

2

JP Fruttero R. Klaasen

7th

6th

2

JP Fruttero R. Klaasen

6th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 89 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 79 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF file; 91 kB)

Individual evidence